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Moore, Thomas. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 - English
URL: http://www.bartleby.com/65/mo/Moore-T.html

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He achieved prominence in his day not only for his poetry but also for his love of Ireland and personal charm. A lawyer, he was for a time registrar of the admiralty court in Bermuda. He is remembered today for Irish Melodies, a group of lyrics published between 1808 and 1834 and set to music by Sir John Stevenson and others; the songs include several of lasting fame, such as “Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms,” “Oft in the Stilly Night,” and “The Harp That Once through Tara’s Halls.”

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Famous Irish Lives - Thomas Moore - English
URL: http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/history/people/whoswho/t_moore.shtm

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Moore was born on 28 May 1779 at 12 Aungier Street, Dublin. An easing of the penal laws against Roman Catholics in 1793 allowed him to enter Trinity College, Dublin, with view to a legal career. A close friend was Robert Emmet, whose death inspired him to write 'O breathe not his name', but Moore stayed aloof from the United Irishmen. Another friend, Edward Hudson, awakened his interest in Irish music, and both were moved by the Irish airs of Edward Bunting.

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Thomas Moore - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10553b.htm

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Poet and biographer, b. 28 May, 1779, at Dublin, Ireland; d. 26 February, 1852, at Devizes, England. His father was a grocer till 1806 when he was appointed barrack-master at Dublin. His mother, a woman of varied accomplishments, did much to train him for his remarkable success in society. Thomas early manifested a remarkable power of rhyming, singing, and acting.

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Thomas Moore (1779-1852) - English
URL: http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Moore.html

Goncalo Fonseca's Thomas Moore Page Selected Poems (UTORONTO) Irish poet, friend of Lord Byron and P.B. Shelley Encarta Encyclopedia Article Mr. Bagnet Singing Thomas Moore's "Believe me. . . ." Thomas Moore in Spanish

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